Free Comic Book Day 2026

If I can be honest up front, my non-blogging life has been in a bit of a tizzy recently.

I was on vacation in the middle of April. Came back to a full work schedule as I covered for many off work while their young kids were on school vacation here. And then, I just closed on a new house and have been moving things on my own as well as setting up a new life there.

Whew!

So a side effect of all that was Free Comic Book Day 2026 sneaking up on me. I usually am more prepared for this and plan a whole day of hitting various stores to soak in the celebration. This year ... not so much. Just a quick visit to my store.

I was thrilled to walk into the store about an hour after it opened to see the place filled with people not only perusing the free stuff but walking around the store looking at other stuff.

I grabbed the DC Next Level book mostly because I haven't planned on reading any of the three books highlighted here - Batwoman, Lobo, and Deathstroke. So why not use the free book as it was intended, allowing me to sample the titles before committing to buying the title.

With 'Next Level' being the big push of new books, I am not surprised that DC focused on this effort rather than promoting any of the bigger, more classic titles. It also is worth noting that Superman Day is just 2 weeks before FCBD and had all sorts of free Super-books.

I don't know if I will be getting any of the titles here but I would recommend Firestorm!

Review: FCBD All-In 2025

Last weekend was Free Comic Book Day and I was lucky to grab the DC All In FCBD 2025 All Special Edition #1 issue which gave a sneak peek of the upcoming Superman Unlimited book by Dan Slott and Rafael Alburquerque as well as a sort of look into the future of the Absolute Universe with a very very interesting ending. 

Sometimes these FCBD books aren't such a gripping issue. But this one just worked! I was going to get Superman Unlimited regardless but Slott sprinkles in a new character and the main plot point of his first arc. But most importantly, you get a sense of his overall take on Superman which seems to be on target.

But really, the big winner is the Absolute side of things, written by Jeff Lemire with art by Giuseppe Camuncoli.  While it is a quick tour of the three main books in the Universe, it is the ending with a conspiracy board hinting at future events and our first crossover with the main universe that made this sing. 

Great free issue whetting my appetite for more! On to the book!

FCBD 2025

 I'm a big fan of Free Comic Book Day. What could be better than free books from a bunch of companies, promoting their next big thing! When my kids were younger we would all go and they'd grab the books they loved. It's just wonderful promotion for the medium.

I know that the stores don't get the books for free, so I always try to support any store I go to by buying something. 

This year was a little different for me. I knew I was heading to my LCS. They allow 2 free books. Then off to pick up my girl friend to head to a store I had never been to before, The Outer Limits, to check them out (and hit the coffee shop next door). And then from there, off to a newer store, Friar Tuck's. They allowed customers to take 3 free comics.

Quite the day. 

I grabbed a bunch of free books.

Many of these will end up in my work desk to hand to patients needing a comic!

But there's more.

Free Comic Book Day 2024

Free Comic Book Day is like a mini-holiday for me but one that I always forget to block out on my work schedule. Luckily this last Saturday I was working in the late evening so was able to partake of the festivities at two store, one my home store and the other a new store near my work place I am trying to support. 

I usually am looking forward to the DC output. I grabbed the Absolute Power preview to see if it could lure me into getting it. (I am planning on skipping the main story.) I don't think it changed my mind. The main story is by Mark Waid and Mikel Janin and gives us a peek into the main plot, Amanda Waller trying to destroy super-heroes. There is a sort of despair and venality to the proceedings. 

For one thing we see that Green Arrow is working with Waller. Way to go Ollie! I can only hope this is a ruse. I mean, why would Ollie want this?

Plus we get to see Waller try to drain a no-name villain named 'Haywire' to power some device only to have it explode his body with feedback, apparently this has happened to some others.

I knew Haywire. I read Haywire. Haywire was a friend of mine. And you 'Haywire' are no Haywire!!

The last pages are previews of the first issue showing Superman being shot. 

Ah well, I think I won't be getting this unless others tell me I should change my mind. 

The Mad Magazine comic was a fun romp. Hat tip to friend Martin Gray who told me I should grab it for this 'blink and you'll miss it appearance of the 1970's Nasty Luthor! Bring her back DC!!!

As for the rest of the day, I grabbed the Flash Gordon book for me because I might be getting it. I like the character and the creative team of Jeremy Adams and Will Conrad. If the purposes of these books are to entice a new reader to pick up the series, this one does its job!  Talk about starting a book off with a bang!

I visited my main store of New England Comics when the doors opened and was glad to see a small line outside waiting! Woo hoo!

Despite the store getting money from me weekly, I still want to support the store for the work they do on FCBD so I grabbed a Swamp Thing trade so I stop wearing out the floppies. NEC has a 2 book limit so that was the DC and Flash Gordon books.

I have been very impressed with Friar Tuck's Comics, a new store right outside Boston. This is a high-end comic store with tons of back issues and great deals. I was pretty pumped to see a small line outside their store too! They had a 4 issue limit. This time I grabbed kid books to give to younger relatives and lure them into the hobby. 

I definitely wanted to support this store which just opened its doors. So I filled two big holes in my collection, Amethyst #14 and Thor #329. 

Hope everyone had an awesome FCBD 2024 and would love to hear about other's experiences!

Free Comic Book Day 2020

Welcome to the second day of my brief misery tour.

DC Comics' contribution to Free Comic Book Day has finally been revealed.

And I don't think I am too happy about it.

Here is the link to Newsarama's coverage:
https://www.newsarama.com/48911-dc-s-fcbd-release-generation-zero-links-wally-west-and-doctor-manhattan-and-new-timeline.html

The article delineates some of the particulars and where this story is coming from but here is a blurb of the book being done by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Brett Booth.

In order to save his children and the multiverse itself, Wally West makes the ultimate sacrifice, taking his place in the Moebius Chair. Unbeknownst to him, the chair is packing a little extra power, having been imbued with the godlike powers of Dr. Manhattan! Now armed with infinite knowledge – and the powers of a god – Wally West can see the past, present and future of the DC Universe all at once...Including what needs to be changed.

There is so much about this that makes me bristle.

Yet another event that is centered around the Batman Who Laughs, so prominent on the cover.

Another event that seems to further distort any memory of Wally West being a grounded superspeedster. Hey, if making him a delusional murdered in Heroes In Crisis wasn't enough, let's merge him with Metron and Dr. Manhattan.

The weird aftertaste of Doomsday Clock has barely left my mouth and already we have another Dr. Manhattan sighting and another scrape at the Watchmen cash cow?

But perhaps the most off-putting of this announcement was that Lobdell was writing it.

Because putting a guy whose cipherous skills peaked in the extreme 90s in charge of yet another potential universe rewriting doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me. That isn't looking forward. That's looking back.

Anyways, at least there will be a Blade Runner book out for FCBD.

Review: Free Comic Book Day DC SuperHero Girls

I've been pretty remiss in my coverage of Free Comic Book day and for that I apologize. Hard to believe that was already two weeks ago.

My local comic store opens the doors, has a local artist, and runs a big sale on Free Comic Book Day. There is a 2 book limit which is frustrating for a long time customer like me. And yet, I understand the desire to have free books around for new readers.

I was a bit surprised that there was nothing #Rebirth from DC Comics available. You would think that re-designing the DCU could be promoted here. Instead we got a reprint of Suicide Squad to help promote a movie 3 months away.

But let's be honest, the main draw for me was the free DC SuperHero Girls book, a glimpse at the upcoming 'Finals Crisis' graphic novel which is around the corner. Written by DCSHG mastermind Shea Fontana with art by Yancey Labat, the book focuses on Supergirl while introducing new readers to this world.

We start with a look at gym class and Diana sparring with Cheetah. It is a way to let us immediately learn that Wonder Woman is the cream of the crop, the best student at the high.

An overhead announcement tells the students to head to the auditorium.

This was a nice crowd shot letting us see some of the students at the school Sure we see the main characters. But Hawk and Animal Man are there. Flash and Green Lantern look like friends, a nice riff on classic DC. And there is Vixen.

So Fontana has a lot of toys to play with.

Principal Amanda Waller reminds everyone that finals begin tomorrow. Babs tells her AI Oracle to set her alarm. Nice!

But Supergirl seems upset by the announcement.

I love this little lip-bite expression, showing us that she is a bit worried. We see this expression again later in the book making me think it might be a little personality quirk. As someone who loved the classic 'finger to the face' quirk we saw in Supergirl's Silver Age, I like touches like this.

Panicked but the announcement, Supergirl flies away from the school and heads to Smallville. There she laments to the Kents that she is quitting the school. She can't deal with finals.

I love this whole page. Supergirl shouting at the heavens is great. And then saying exams are her Kryptonite is funny.

We flash back to Krypton where Kara is mercilessly bullied by other girls in her class. They tease Kara for riding her horse Comet (!!!) to school. They tease her for having the S-shield sewn on her backpack. They actually push her in the mud! It can't be an easy life for Krypton Kara.

Still, we see she is a great student. In her science class, she shows how she has created a solution that can increase a crystal in size. This scientist Kara is a well-established part of her character from the earliest issues in Action Comics.

Her solution works.

But looking out the window, Kara sees one of the Mean Girls untying Comet and letting the horse free. Kara has no choice but to run out of the class and grab her runaway steed.

The growth solution topples over and suddenly the crystal grows huge, destroying the roof.

How sad to see this mud covered Kara running to catch Comet while her bully laughs in the background.

As a result, Kara gets an 'F'.

Looking at this crying defeated Kara isn't easy.

No wonder Finals feel like Kryptonite.

Thankfully, the Kents give her a chuck in the arm and tell her she can handle this. And with that support, Kara feels she can fly off.

Funny that 'butt' is considered harsh language on the Kent farm. Supergirl is a sort of adorkable sticky sweet character.

On the way back however, Supergirl is shot by a Kryptonite arrow. Someone is gunning for the SuperHero Girls.

Let the guesses begin.

My guess? Ravager. How can you not have Ravager in this book? And who better to be hunting the heroes!

This book was beautiful and fun. And how nice to see some backstory for this Supergirl. So much fun.

It is a great peek into the DC Superhero Girls world. And it was free!

Hope everyone grabbed it. And hope everyone grabs the Finals Crisis graphic novel.

Overall grade: A

Free Comic Book Day: Divergence

Free Comic Book Day was last Saturday and, as always, it was a great time.

The middle Supergirl joined me in going to the local comic store. We grabbed some free loot. My local comic store limits patrons to 2 free books to make sure that they have enough for the masses. I grabbed DC's Divergence and Marvel's Secret Wars. (I would have grabbed the young Avengers book but they were already out of that book.) She grabbed Attack on Titan and the Teen Titans Go! book.

Despite the business I give the store, I try to buy something on FCBD to help the store defray the cost of all the 'free' books they need to buy. I reached out to Landry Walker to recommend some books for me to try out. He told me to try The Fuse and Invisible Republic. I bought the first issues of both titles and they are sitting on my nightstand. My daughter grabbed the Luna issue of My Little Pony Fiendship: is Magic book.

Divergence gives us a little look at the future of Superman and gives us some info about 'The Truth', the upcoming mega-arc in the super-books. Exposed, written by Gene Luen Yang with art by John Romita Jr,  is probably lifted pages from the upcoming issue but I figured I would review what we know.

We open up with Clark and Jimmy eating out of a food truck in Metropolis. By now, it is apparent that Clark being Superman has gone public. Clark says outright that he is trying to keep a low profile. Obviously a reveal like this would make everyone come out of the woodwork to try to confront or interview or bother Clark.

I suppose this explains the buzzcut and whiskers as well as the hoodie and sunglasses. He is trying to hide in plain site. And this isn't the first time we have seen something like this. (Remember when he posed as a lumberjack when he was hiding out from Kenny Braverman, Conduit?)

But also we learn that Superman is partially depowered. He isn't absorbing solar energy as efficiently as he used to. Maybe constantly using the solar flare power has fried his cells?

But even dressed like this, Clark is recognized by a huge superstrong burly guy who has a grudge against Superman for a prior arrest.

Whoever this guy is, he has glowing tattoos and is tough enough to hoist the food truck up on his shoulders and throw it onto Superman.

Superman is strong enough to shrug off the attack, box this guy's ears, and then takes off. It isn't clear if Clark is leaving because he is afraid he is too weak for a sustained fight or if he doesn't want an open brawl in a populated area.

I will say I loved this page. Yang uses background television screens, tweets, youtube videos, and newspaper blurbs to give us the background we need about the story. Superman has been revealed as Clark. And this was revealed by Lois Lane.

But for me, I loved the tweets, a sort of commentary on the reactionary nature of social media. Seeing the negative tweets about Superman after his years of service rings true. 

After that, we see Lois heading to a motel where she has discovered Clark is hiding out.

Clark has gone to the mattresses. He is in hiding. He isn't working. And he seems angry. Lois wants to help but she is the reason all this is going on. And Clark wants no part of her, essentially slamming the door in her face.

I miss Lois. I miss her place in the DCU. I miss her having a prominent place in the Superman mythos. So this feels wrong.

I have to hope that somehow Yang and Greg Pak and DC Comics know what they are doing here. But that hasn't worked out too well for me recently.

Free Comic Book Day 2014 - Amended

You think that I would remember that the first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day. You think that I would remember to block it off on my schedule so that I don't have to work. But, I am afraid, I forgot. And as a result, I am working while everyone else should be out at comic book stores and enjoying the festivities.

[AMENDMENT: As I am driving into work, my wife called and said she remembered it was FCBD and that she was going to bring the supergirls early in the day. She told me to text her the comics I wanted and she would grab them. That is why she is super-wife, the love of my life!]

Here is the main website for the day: http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992

If I had the day off, these are the books I would try to grab. I am hoping if I call my LCS they'll put them aside for me. But we'll see.

The New 52 Futures End
(W) Brian Azzarello & Various (A) Ethan Van (CA) Ryan Sook

Jump on board DC Comics' epic weekly series beginning with this all-new FCBD issue that features tomorrow's Dark Knight, Batman Beyond (making his first appearance in The New 52), battling an army of cyborgs to avert an Apocalypse in the future which could destroy the DC Universe of the present! But that's not all; there are still more surprises to come. Stay tuned for more details! 

I doubt I am going to get this weekly as I am sick to death of bleak dystopian futures and killing heroes. It is like DC has one idea ... dark and depressing ... and just keep throwing different versions at us. I suppose, for free, I would grab the zero issue. But my guess is it would make me sad.

Atomic Robo

(W) Brian Clevinger, Jay P. Fosgitt (A) Jay P. Fosgitt, Scott Wegener (CA) Scott Wegener

Unanimously heralded by fans, creators, retailers and critics as the perfect first comic to give to a non-comic-reader. ATOMIC ROBO has defeated the greatest foes of the last century, but his latest discovery has reduced him to a mere play thing for the Yonkers Devil. Plus, an all-new adventure from mischievously-lovable BODIE TROLL and previews of 2014 Red 5 favorites and new faces. 

On the other end of the spectrum is Atomic Robo. I have been on board with Robo since the first volume in 2007. And I have grabbed all the FCBD issues.

Robo is just a wonderful comic, fun and exciting, science adventure-y, and all ages. It is the perfect palate cleanser for all the awfulness that DC gives us.

If I could get only one, it would be this one.

Rocket Raccoon

(W) Joe Caramagna (A) Adam Archer (CA) Ron Lim, Richard Isanove

Spotlighting Marvel's BIGGEST star! No, we're not talking about Iron Man! Not Captain America! Not Thor! It's Rocket Raccoon! The madcap mammal takes on the cosmos in an all-new FREE COMIC BOOK DAY adventure! 

How do I know that Marvel has won? I look to my oldest daughter. She loves the Marvel movies. Captain America is her favorite movie of all time. She watches Agents of SHIELD. She saw the Guardians of the Galaxy trailer and loves 'the Raccoon'. And I will probably get her the Skottie Young Rocket Raccoon monthly book when it comes out. So why not jump on board early and grab her the FCBD book. 

Love the cover.

I do like that this day has grown to be a big festival. I love seeing that creators will be hitting stores and interacting with the fans. 

I am sad I won't be able to join in. So tell me your stories!

Free Comic Book Day 2013: Superman Last Son Of Krypton

Looking ahead to issues I still need to review and issues coming out next week, I won't have many 'free days' for a bit. So I thought I would have a rare Sunday post to show the DC Free Comic Book Day Superman book. Here is the link to FCBD's coverage: http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/206?articleID=130415

Here is the blurb:

SUPERMAN: THE LAST SON OF KRYTON #1 is a great jumping-on point for fans who can’t wait to see Warner Bros. Pictures’ “MAN OF STEEL” major motion picture! This issue features the first chapter of the SUPERMAN: LAST SON OF KRYPTON graphic novel, written by Richard Donner and Geoff Johns and illustrated by Andy Kubert and featuring Superman’s epic battle with General Zod and the Phantom Zone villains.

In addition, it includes a special sneak preview of the blockbuster new monthly series starring The Man of Steel by the all-star team of Scott Snyder and Jim Lee!

Now I'll have to go back to that Johns/Donner issue to see if it is a good free book chapter to give out to get people interested. But to be honest, that is a 7 year old book. Is showing the old DCU and retreading an old story the right thing to put out to get new readers interested?

As for me, the story isn't as important as getting the sneak peek of the Snyder/Lee new book. Does this mean the title is Last Son of Krypton? Or The Man of Steel?

Either way, the sneak preview is the real juice of this freebie.

Superman Family Adventures

Recently on the DC Source blog, an announcement was made that a Superman Family Adventures all ages title will debut in the spring. Here is the announcement link and a blurb: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/12/12/announcing-superman-family-adventures/

This May, the Eisner Award-winning creative team of the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling TINY TITANS, Art Baltazar and Franco, will continue bringing their wonderful and unique humor to DC Comics with the new ongoing monthly series, SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES. The series will be starring (you guessed it!) the whole Superman gang – Superman, Supergirl, Superboy, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor, Bizarro, General Zod and … Fuzzy the Krypto Mouse!

But wait, there’s more! Before SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES hits stores, you’ll be able to get a sneak peak at the series in the DC Nation 2012 Free Comic Book Day Super Sampler!

So I am thrilled ... thrilled ... that the entire Superman family is being showcased in the book including Supergirl. I have gushed in the past about Baltazar and Franco's Tiny Titans book so I am interested in seeing what they have in store. Will it be primarily a humor book? An adventure book? A mix?

One thing I really like about the book is that it will introduce the extended Superman mythos to the next generation. Batman certainly has had the lion's share of the DC all ages market between Brave and Bold and all the solo titles tied into the various cartoons on television. Now Superman (and by extension Supergirl) gets a moment to shine.

Will this be in place of the rumored Super Best Friends Forever book? Or is the Supergirl part of this book the SBFF strip?

And, not to beat a dead horse, but isn't there room for Cosmic Adventures on the shelves?

Anyways, I am pumped for this book, will be at my LCS on FCBD with the supergirls to get the book, and anticipate reviewing it here.

FCBD 2010: DC Kids Mega Sampler 2010

Another of the DC offerings on Free Comic Book Day earlier this month was this DC Kids Mega Sampler which included pages and stories from Billy Batson: Power of Shazam, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and Tiny Titans.

The supergirls at home enjoy both Tiny Titans and Brave and Bold. I don't get them monthly, but probably every other month or so (as well as the occasional Super Friends). So this was the first issue they grabbed on FCBD.

For me, it was a good issue because it allowed me to sample Power of Shazam, a book I haven't bought before. The Batman:Brave and Bold story was a typically solid story by Landry Walker and Eric Jones contrasting the physicality of Batman with the more cerebral and complex nature of J'onn J'onzz. I had a panel from that story to post but I can't find it on my PC. Trust me ... good stuff.

But the real treat was that Supergirl and the Superman family were a big part of the Tiny Titans story.

The book uses Match, Superboy's quasi-Bizarro, as an easy comic element. So I knew hi-jinks would ensue when Supergirl and Streaky head to the Fortress for Match's birthday party.

When Match blows out the candles, he overdoes it, freezing the cake.

I love the overly dramatic response by Supergirl when that happens. Look at the agony on her face. Oh the humanity!! Too funny!

In a separate story, the school's Brainiac Club takes a field trip to the North Pole.

As always, I love the continuity that is wormed into this book. We see the Silver Age Brainiac, the animated Brainiac, the Byrne Brainiac, the silver robot Brainiac, even Brainiac 13 and Brainiac 8! But best of all, there is Brainiac 5! Will we get a Supergirl/Brainiac 5 interaction in Tiny Titans too?

While the club is looking at the weather patterns at the North Pole, Krypto lets Supergirl know he needs to go out.

I know I have said it before, I love that Supergirl is perpetually floating in this book.

When outside, she runs into the Brainiac Club and asks them to join in Match's birthday party. To be continued ...

Anyways, how nice that Supergirl was such a big part of this free all ages book on Free Comic Book Day. The more exposure for Kara to a new generation of fans, the better!

Review: War Of The Supermen #0

War of the Supermen #0 came out on Saturday, Free Comic Book Day, and represented the beginning of the last arc of the over year-long New Krypton storyline.

Broken up into two stories, the issue provides a jump-on point so anyone just starting the story can sort of get caught up (and what better way to lure in a new reader than a free book). The first story focuses on Superman in Kandor squaring off against General Zod. The second story showcase Lois and her investigations on Earth. The stories are written by the War of the Supermen duo of Sterling Gates and James Robinson.

The cover is a standard iconic pose of Superman by Eddy Barrows. This was not the initial cover solicited for the book. I wonder just what happened to the original J.G. Jones cover? Was it scrapped when responses were less than optimal? Barrows handles the inside art in his usual great style.

Anyways, after the slow fade of enthusiasm of this long arc in the two monthly titles, I was glad to see DC promote the books via FCBD. Remember, last year's free book was Blackest Night #0 which jump started that mini-series.


The issues starts with Superman crashing into the New Krypton military installation to try to shut down Zod's plans of interplanetary war.

There isn't much room for discussion. Kal slugs Zod after a few exchanged pleasantries. I love the expression on Superman's face as he tells Zod that his hands not his opinions are what Zod should be worried about.


Zod shakes off the punch and shows Superman just what an attack should be. He unleashes Ursa.

Ursa is wonderfully crazy, slashing Superman with her K-knife and licking his blood off the blade. There is something so deliciously wicked about her. She is brutal, amoral, and passionate. I bet she is a joy to write.


Non joins in, holding down Superman and allowing Zod the time to gloat a little bit.

Zod used Superman to train his soldiers. Superman's experience was invaluable; he was the perfect teacher to hone the skills of the Kryptonian army.

Zod also kept 'his enemies closer', allowing him to monitor 'Commander El' and hide his military secrets from Superman's prying eyes.

It is a bit ironic that Superman's lessons could lead to Earth's destruction. That said, I wonder if his time on New Krypton might have inspired some citizens to do what's right ... make them side against Zod. I hope Lieutenant Nar is one of those people.


And after a year of Zod sporting a veneer of civility, he finally shows his true colors. While it is true that General Lane's attacks give cause for the war, Zod also notes that destroying of Earth will give him his revenge on the house of El. It's personal.

I love villain talk and Zod gives us some great lines here. "Level the planet", "kick the ash from the charred bones in your face", "find the person you love the most and rip them apart before your eyes" ... wonderfully evil. This is the Zod I want to see. No deception ... just malevolence.


Superman tries one last time to reason with Zod. War will destroy both planets. Given the arms race between Earth and New Krypton (let alone 100,000 super-soldiers), I think Superman might be right.

This is another one of those panels I love. There is no reason Superman should be able to shrug off Non and Ursa if they are super-powered like he is. No reason except pure will and determination. That's Superman.

But I also love the energy of this panel. Look at Ursa ... you can see she how she is holding on for dear life, her body contorted like a rag doll. When an artist can show that dynamism, he is firing on all cylinders.


Reason isn't going to work here ... not when the order to mobilize has laready been given.

This was a nice prologue to the main story. And Barrows really is on his game here.

The second half of the issue is told almost exclusively in splash pages by some of DC's hottest artists. This story is exposition, Lois writing about all that has happened before.


So for those like me craving to see David Finch's take on Supergirl, here it is. The Brainiac storyline is recapped. Beautiful.


And for those like me who miss seeing Gary Frank's Supergirl, here it is. The 'New Krypton' story arc is recapped. Fantastic.


And here are all of Earth's protectors during Superman's absence, as drawn by Ethan Van Sciver. Superb.


And here is the Project 7734 gang as drawn by newcomer Diogenes Neves. Nice Superwoman.

I wish I could post all the splash pages. I didn't show two excellent pages by superstars Aaron Lopreti and Cafu.


The story ends with Jimmy finally revealing that he is alive to Lois ... and he has some information about General Lane.

So we have a high action story with great art and a mind-boggling cliffhanger in the first story. I mean ... seeing all those Kryptonians ... I still don't know how Earth is going to survive this.

And we get a recap for new readers in the form of spectacular splash pages from the upper echelon of comic artists. The Finch and Frank pieces are just tremendous.

But best of all, it was free. And we are near the end of this massive story.

Not bad!

Overall grade: A- (kicked up a half grade or so by the splash page art)